He Is There and He Is Not Silent

The Kingdom of God Is Within You

Leo Tolstoy · 352 pages

Miracles

C.S. Lewis · 192 pages

An impeccable inquiry into the proposition that supernatural events can happen in this world. C. S. Lewis uses his remarkable logic to build a solid argument for the existence of divine intervention. "This book is intended as a preliminary to historical inquiry. I am not a trained historian, and I shall not examine the historical evidence for the Christian miracles. My effort is to put my reade

The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss

David Bentley Hart · 370 pages

Despite the recent ferocious public debate about belief, the concept most central to the discussion "God" frequently remains vaguely and obscurely described. Are those engaged in these arguments even talking about the same thing? In a wide-ranging response to this confusion, esteemed scholar David Bentley Hart pursues a clarification of how the word "God" functions in the world's great theistic fa

Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

Chogyam Trungpa · 250 pages

I and Thou

Martin Buber · 119 pages

The Way of Zen

Alan W. Watts · 236 pages

Introduction à la philosophie bouddhique zen, ses origines bouddhistes et taoïstes, son histoire et ses grands principes.

The Great Transformation

Karen Armstrong · 496 pages

The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion

Mircea Eliade · 256 pages

Famed historian of religion Mircea Eliade observes that even moderns who proclaim themselves residents of a completely profane world are still unconsciously nourished by the memory of the sacred. Eliade traces manifestations of the sacred from primitive to modern times in terms of space, time, nature, and the cosmos. In doing so he shows how the total human experience of the religious man compares

Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

Daniel C. Dennett · 448 pages

For all the thousands of books that have been written about religion, few until this one have attempted to examine it scientifically: to ask why—and how—it has shaped so many lives so strongly. Is religion a product of blind evolutionary instinct or rational choice? Is it truly the best way to live a moral life? Ranging through biology, history, and psychology, Daniel C. Dennett charts religion's

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

David Hume · 129 pages

An Introduction to Zen Buddhism

D.T. Suzuki · 136 pages

One of the world’s leading authorities on Zen Buddhism, D. T. Suzuki was the author of more than a hundred works on the subject in both Japanese and English, and was most instrumental in bringing the teachings of Zen Buddhism to the attention of the Western world. Written in a lively, accessible, and straightforward manner, An Introduction to Zen Buddhism is illuminating for the serious student

The Complete Works

Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Karlfried Froehlich · 336 pages

On Christian Doctrine

Augustine of Hippo · 1,278 pages

The I Ching or Book of Changes

Anonymous · 740 pages

A translation of the early document of Chinese philosophy with explanatory notes.

Theological-Political Treatise

Baruch Spinoza · 267 pages

The Puppet and the Dwarf: The Perverse Core of Christianity

Slavoj Zizek · 196 pages

"In The Puppet and the Dwarf Slavoj Zizek offers a close reading of today's religious constellation from the viewpoint of Lacanian psychoanalysis. He critically confronts both predominant versions of today's spirituality - New Age gnosticism and deconstructionist-Levinasian Judaism - and then tries to redeem the "materialist" kernel of Christianity. His reading of Christianity is explicitly politi

The Varieties of Religious Experience

William James · 470 pages

This is one of the most remarkable books ever written about religious experience. James captures the reader’s attention with vivid instances of religious experience collected from diverse sources, including classical religious texts, newspaper articles, and clinical studies. In this collection of Gifford lectures given in Scotland in 1901, James analyzes religious experience, using wonderful examp

Buddhism without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening

Stephen Batchelor · 136 pages

The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever

Christopher Hitchens · 499 pages

Presents excerpts on the subject of religion from the writings of such notable non-believers as John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx, Charles Darwin, Mark Twain, H. L. Mencken, Albert Einstein, Richard Dawkins, and Salman Rushdie.

Fear and Trembling

Soren Kierkegaard · 158 pages

"This newly translated Fear and Trembling, a founding document of modern philosophy and existentialism, could not be more apt for these perilous times. First published in 1843 under the pseudonym "Johannes de silentio" (John of Silence), Søren Kierkegaard's richly resonant Fear and Trembling has for generations stood as a pivotal text in the history of moral philosophy, inspiring such artistic and

The Crucified God: The Cross of Christ as the Foundation and Criticism of Christian Theology

Jurgen Moltmann · 469 pages

I See Satan Fall Like Lightning

Rene Girard · 199 pages

Rene Girard holds up the gospels as mirrors that reveal our broken humanity, and shows that they also reflect a new reality that can make us whole. Like Simone Weil, Girard looks at the Bible as a map of human behavior, and sees Jesus Christ as the turning point leading to new life. The title echoes Jesus' words: "I saw Satan falling like lightning from heaven". Girard persuades us that even as ou

The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism

Fritjof Capra · 352 pages

The Tao of Physics is a book about the relationship between physics and spirituality. The book explores the parallels between Eastern mysticism and modern physics. It discusses the similarities between the two fields, and how they can be used to help understand each other. The book also discusses the concept of the Tao, or the way, and how it relates to physics. The Tao of Physics is consid

The Sovereignty of God

Arthur W. Pink · 272 pages